Lisa Owen

The National Māori Authority is demanding a nationwide halt on licences for new bottle stores, after multiple highly-publicised assaults in Auckland and Wellington CBDs.

Māori wardens patrolling the… Video, Audio

Phil Pennington has been looking at the documents sent to RNZ by a group claiming to be the hackers behind the ransomware cyber attack at Waikato DHB. He joins Lisa Owen from our Wellington studio.

A group purporting to be responsible for the cyber attack on the Waikato DHB has emailed RNZ, saying it has personal information of patients and employees.

The email, which RNZ has sent on to police… Audio

A New Zealand dietician has helped develop an app set to revolutionise the way some children are treated for epilepsy.

It helps dieticians and parents using a prescription keto diet to treat the… Video, Audio

Waikato DHB bosses have admitted people's personal data may have fallen into the wrong hands, as a result of its cyber breach.

The entire system crashed nearly a week ago and it's not likely to be… Audio

A group of exasperated cyclists in Wellington have taken matters into their own hands in a bid to protect themselves on the road.

They've put planter boxes along one of the city's main driving… Video, Audio

There's been global condemnation after a fake bomb threat was used to force a commercial flight to divert to Belarus where a journalist on board was arrested.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports.

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Wellington city councillors are gobsmacked at a proposal to lift rates by 16 percent next year, saying it's come completely out of the blue.

The capital city had consulted on a rise of 13.5 percent… Audio

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The former Children's Commissioner Dame Cindy Kiro has been announced as the new Governor-General.

She will replace Dame Patsy Reddy whose five-year term ends in September.

Here's our deputy… Audio

Wanaka skifields are trashing their rubbish bins; this season skiers will have to take their wrappers, food bags and waste off the slopes with them.

There will be recyling and compost bins instead -… Video, Audio

A police investigation is underway in a rural area of the Far North after two men were found dead at a dairy farm this morning.

Police have spent the day in Awarua, which is just south of Kaikohe.

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Samoa has plunged deep into an unprecedented constitutional and political crisis.

A dramatic series of developments in Apia have added new twists to Samoa's protracted election.

The party which… Video, Audio

Waikato DHB has admitted there's a real threat some people's personal information may have been breached, as a result of the cyber attack.

The DHB is still working to get its systems back online -… Video, Audio

Looking a little worse for wear after three weeks of suspected bush bashing and possum wrestling, two missing Dunedin dogs have been found.

The border terriers Floss and Scruff had been playing down… Video, Audio

Frontline staff working for fashion giant H-and-M walked off the job this afternoon.

The workers from two Auckland stores took to the streets accusing the employer of failing to meet its commitment… Audio

A man has been ordered to pay $5,700 after he was found guilty of flouting kauri dieback rules at an Auckland regional park.

Robert Armitstead was sentenced today at the Waitakere District Court by… Audio

They left it until the very last day possible, but Marborough, Rotorua and Stratford district councils have become the lastest to approve the formation of a Māori Ward in time for the 2022 elections.

The boost to benefits was the centrepiece of Budget 2021, but questions are already being asked about whether it's enough to keep pace with the rising cost of living.

Beneficiaries will get up to $55… Video, Audio

Imagine a dog that could be women's best friend, by sniffing out the early signs of ovarian cancer.

A medical charity is trying to raise $250,000 to train a cocker spaniel pup to do exactly that.

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